having been healed of running a jackhammer through my foot, i have come to know a couple of prayers to help me through rough times. the first is this,"God, i offer myself to thee- to build with me and to do with me as thou wilt. relieve me of the bondage of self, that i may better do thy will. take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those i would help of thy power, thy love, and thy way of life. may i do thy will allways, in Jesus name amen." the second one is "lord, make me a channel of thy peace-that where there is hatred, i may bring love-that where there is wrong, i may bring the spirit of forgivness-that where there is discord, i may bring harmony-that where there is error, i may bring truth-that where there is doubt, i may bring faith-that where there is despair, i may bring hope-that where there are shadows, i may bring light-that where there is sadness, i may bring joy. Lord, grant that i may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted-to understand, than to be understood-to love, than to be loved. for it is by self-forgetting that one finds. it is by forgiving that one is forgiven. it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life. in Jesus name amen. even though easyer said than done, as long as i try i become a better person. i only know this has help me, i hope it is usefull to you.
